Senate votes to overturn EPA rule that limits 7 hazardous air pollutants

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

May 1, 2025 / 11:13 PM EDT


The Senate on Thursday approved an effort to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule tied to the Clean Air Act and designed to limit seven of the most hazardous air pollutants that are emitted by heavy industry. The 52-46 party-line vote marked the first time in the 55-year history of the Clean Air Act that Congress has moved to weaken the power of the landmark environmental law.

Senate Republicans utilized the Congressional Review Act to overturn the regulation, which was passed by the Biden administration in 2024. The joint resolution now goes to the Republican-led House, where it also expected to pass. The rule tied to the Clean Air Act was finalized last year to close a loophole that required all "major" sources of seven hazardous air pollutants to reduce their emissions by the maximum achievable amount, a policy called "Once in, Always In."

The rule requires that industrial facilities — often chemical plants, oil refineries, and other industrial factories classified as "major" sources of toxic air pollution — always maintain strict pollution controls. Even if they comply and limit those pollution levels, those facilities would always be labeled "major" sources under the rule.

The Trump Administration had killed the rule in President Trump's first term, but the EPA, under former President Joe Biden, finalized and updated it last September. The environmental advocacy group Earthjustice has said that the rule forced 1,800 facilities across the country to tighten air pollution controls to comply with the law.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-votes-to-overturn-epa-rule-limits-7-hazardous-air-pollutants-clean-air-act/

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The entire GOP = "Death Panel".

These are the substances -

Alkylated lead compounds
Polycyclic organic matter (POM)
Mercury
Hexachlorobenzene
Polychlorinated biphenyls(PCB)
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofurans (TCDF)
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

[Historic NY]

1. Breathe deeply.

[Tadpole Raisin]

2. I pray that to reverse these things takes enough time that

some companies won’t do it if they think the minute a democrat gets in it will be reinstated, just like the car companies didn’t act on the lower mpg standards he put forth in the first administration.

On the other hand when profit is the one and only consideration some companies will take advantage of this. And we know the felon will get his cut with every E.O. or congressional bill.

This first 100 days feels like an eternity already. Surviving until the midterms is going to be a challenge.

[Ocelot II]

3. Trump has figured out how to solve the immigration problem:

Turn the US into a polluted cesspool so nobody wants to come here.

[republianmushroom]

4. FOOLS !

[Grins]

5. Better headline: "REPUBLICANS vote to overturn EPA rule..."

See? Much better. And FAR MORE ACCURATE!

[Javaman]

6. my only solitude it that these assholes still breath the same air. nt

[MayReasonRule]

7. The Pro Death Regime --Trump Defunded Super Site Cleanups Across The Country As Well

Intimidation

Incarceration

Extermination

That's the whole playbook.

[Marthe48]

8. party of death

plague, starvation, war and poison

[walkingman]

9. God forbid that we care more about clean air and water than corporate profits.

[electric_blue68]

10. Like they and their families don't breath the same air! Shame!

[maxsolomon]

11. This is what the American People voted for.

Most of us seriously don't give a shit about the environment.

Eagles are annoying with their screeching, bring back DDT. Bees? Fuck it; not at the cost of my Roundup.